Private Jets Are Going at Fire-Sale Prices
According to TripAdvisor's 2013 Air Travel Survey, 25% of respondents would choose one airline over another if it offered wifi. Though you might not associate fire-sale prices with private aircrafts, new research from Gama Aviation shows that one in eight of Great Britain's nearly 600 private jets are for sale, and for good prices, too.
The average asking price of the some 78 jets, which range between "entry-level" planes that seat just four passengers to small airliners, is £3.2 million (about $4.94 million USD). That may not sound like a "bargain," but according to Gama Aviation's chief marketing officer, it becomes a buyer's market when one in 10 private planes are up for sale. So with one in eight up for grabs, savvy negotiators should be able to snap up a bargain price for an aircr...